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U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill this morning. On Wednesday night, the House formally delivered articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the U.S. Senate. – AP Photo/Matt Rourke

Pelosi warns Senate not to be Trump’s ‘henchmen’ in trial

The Senate opens its historic proceedings against President Donald Trump today with a formal reading of the articles of impeachment by House prosecutors, followed by the arrival at the Capitol of Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., who will swear in all 100 senators as jurors for only the third impeachment trial in U.S. history.
By Lisa Mascaro
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States appeal Obamacare ruling to SCOTUS

WASHINGTON — In a move that could put the Obama-era health law squarely in the middle of the 2020 election, Democratic-led states Friday asked the Supreme Court for a fast-track review of a recent court ruling that declared part of the statute unconstitutional and cast a cloud over the rest.
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
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Illinois Supreme Court in 2019: Important cases justices decided

SPRINGFIELD — The announcement that Justice Lloyd A. Karmeier will retire later this year garnered major attention last fall, but that’s just one of the moments that defined the Illinois Supreme Court’s 2019 terms. 
By Timothy Eggert

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Court OKs divvying up ADA work claim

Brigid Ford’s principal argument on appeal to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals from partial summary judgment and a jury verdict in her hostile-work environment case under the Americans with Disabilities Act against the sheriff’s office in Marion County, Ind., was that the district judge erred by divvying up her ADA claim into two episodes.
By Steven P. Garmisa

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This artist sketch depicts White House counsel Pat Cipollone speaking in the Senate chamber during the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday. Dana Verkouteren via AP
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For senators, being silent jurors is hard
Newly sworn-in Illinois Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, left, shakes hands with 7th Circuit Associate Judge Rudolph M. Braud Jr. after taking the oath of office, along with Gov. J.B. Pritzker, second from right, in the Illinois Senate at the Illinois State Capitol Sunday.
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Oak Park Democrat Harmon takes top Senate position
Mailboxes for various departments line a hallway as detainees walk through the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Ga., last week. The rural town is about 140 miles southwest of Atlanta and next to the Georgia-Alabama state line. The town’s 1,172 residents are outnumbered by the roughly 1,650 male detainees that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said were being held in the detention center in late November.
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Study finds chaos in immigration courts
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill this morning. On Wednesday night, the House formally delivered articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the U.S. Senate.
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Pelosi warns Senate not to be Trump’s ‘henchmen’ in trial
In a suit stemming from the massive class-action case against the NFL over former players’ concussions, a litigation finance company sued a Florida attorney in Chicago federal court alleging he helped secure loans for several ex-athletes who won’t actually be eligible for compensation from the league’s proposed 10-figure settlement.
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Litigaton financier sues lawyer over loans to NFL players